Sensitivity of transmission probabilities to paternity exclusion in segregation analysis.

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Paternity exclusions are known to be common in Western countries and are yet neglected in segregation analysis because it is almost impossible to check it systematically on a large family sample. We had the opportunity of observing the sensitivity of segregation analysis parameters to a paternity exclusion in analyzing 34 families for a simple Mendelian trait, the acetylator phenotype. We found that only one...

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